The time to act to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is now. IUU fishing is among the greatest threats to marine ecosystems and the sustainable management of ocean resources, generating negative economic, security, and social impacts for legitimate fishers and coastal communities around the globe. Cutting-edge technology to [ … ]
For Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Warrant Officer Class One Raul Rodney, GDF force sergeant major (FSM), being an inclusive and influential leader to his noncommissioned officers (NCOs) is his most valuable role. Accountability, effective communication, and team building are among some of the attributes that Warrant Officer Class 1 Rodney [ … ]
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Warrant Officer Class 1 Carlyn Dover wears many hats. She is currently the GDF most senior female enlisted noncommissioned officer (NCO), and serves as the Regimental Sergeant Major of Defence Headquarters and Women Army Corps. To date, she has chalked up more than 26 years of [ … ]
Panama’s Minister of Public Security (MINSEG) Juan Manuel Pino Forero has been focusing on very concrete actions to provide border security by land, sea, and air; combat narcotrafficking; eradicate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing; and eliminate transnational criminal organizations. Minister Pino spoke with Diálogo about his national and regional [ … ]
Major General William Arnulfo López Chay, chief of the Guatemalan National Defense General Staff, has for main role to advise on the planning, execution, and evaluation of national mobilization within the framework of defense. Maj. Gen. López spoke with Diálogo about the Guatemalan Armed Forces’ support for the country’s security. [ … ]
Major General Julio Ernesto Florián Pérez assumed the position of vice minister of Military Affairs of the Dominican Ministry of Defense on August 22, 2022. Maj. Gen. Florián, who has more than 40 years of service to his country, occupying high positions in the command echelon, spoke with Diálogo about [ … ]
Promoting, coordinating, and encouraging crime prevention and control measures and curbing the actions of narcotraffickers are some of the functions that Costa Rica’s Minister of Public Security and Minister of the Interior and Police Jorge Luis Torres Carrillo performs daily. Minister Torres is no stranger to security tasks. He previously [ … ]
Brigadier General Azariel Loria, commander of the Belize Defence Force (BDF), is committed to bringing the BDF to the highest military standards of professionalism. He is leading the national fight against criminal organizations and working with the cooperation of international partners to confront transnational threats. Brig. Gen. Loria spoke with [ … ]
The Space Operations Center (COPE) is a unit under the Brazilian Air Force’s Aerospace Operations Command (COMAE), with facilities in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. COPE monitors all military satellite operations. The center’s operations are conducted jointly with the Brazilian Army and Navy through a multidisciplinary team. Its commander, Brazilian [ … ]
The 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade (1st SFAB) is a specialized unit which has for core mission to conduct training, advise, assist, liaise, and support operations with partner nations in U.S. Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR). This is how its commander, U.S. Army Colonel Christopher Landers, describes his [ … ]
The mission of the Joint Aerospace Command of the Argentine Armed Forces’ Joint Chiefs of Staff is to defend the aerospace under Argentina’s jurisdiction around the clock, 365 days a year. This was expressed by its commander, Major General Alejandro Bisso, during the Space Conference of the Americas, held at [ … ]
Colombia is committed to strengthening its space capabilities for the benefit of its people. Those were the words of Colombian Air Force (FAC) Brigadier General Luis René Nieto Rojas, Air and Space Operations commander, to participants of the Space Conference of the Americas, held at the headquarters of U.S. Southern [ … ]
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